Abstract [en]

The special educators role has been changeable over time and in this study we want to see which similarities and differences we can see between the stages F-6, 7-9 and upper secondary school. We also want to get a picture of which assignment's that the special educator does regularly and if the special educator has assignments that is not specified in the education ordinance. To reach our result we have done a quantitative study with online- questionnaire with a random selection with a theoretical support in systems theory. In the study it reveals that the special educators irrespective of which stage they are working in have similar assignments, all of the special educators express that they are a part of the student health and the work they do together. Some special educators also expressed that they want to be more involved in the development of the school. In the result it also shows that many of the special educators has assignments that is not included in the education ordinance as break guard and substitute and we can not only see it in one stage, we can see this emerge in all stages.